10/18/2011

Some comfy pants...

The moment I saw the picture of the Treasure Pocket Pants in the "Sewing for Boys" book I knew I wanted to make them. I love the little bubble pockets on the sides and the little bit of accent color on the side panels. So that is where I got started making something for Henry.

The coolest part about these pants, for me, was the fact that most of the material came from some old jeans that I had been saving for one project or the other...(I still have more in the wings, too, new jeans for Violet next maybe...) The upside to using old jeans is a) obviously, upcycling is way less expensive and b) the denim is super soft because it's already been worn in, doesn't it always seem like kid's denim is too stiff for those little bodies! The worst part about making these pants, for me, was the fact that I sat for two hours, literally, trying to figure out one of the beginning steps! Argh! I simply could not figure out what the directions were trying to tell me, my brain kept getting "tongue-tied"!! After a pair of fresh eyes and a break myself it was resolved, silly me. I guess I should just blame it on my lack of pattern following experience ;)

These pants are very well constructed and are rather large...yay for both! There is still plenty of room for me to rip out and add a larger piece of elastic for the waist when the time comes. The length is very long also so I just tacked up the bottoms of the pants to let down in the future. Who doesn't want handmade clothes to last as long as they possibly can, right?

A friend of mine saw these pants and joked about where she could get a pair because they look both comfy and "stylish". Really, should little kids be in anything but comfy stuff?!

I have another pair of these pants waiting to be sewn up for Henry (and a request from V for a pair too!)but they will have to wait for a bit...Henry also scored a couple of appliqued shirts, trucks and dogs, so love, love, loved by him, and an H rugby-like shirt!

(*quick change trousers, made last spring, still going strong, still plenty of room, yay!)

I did not enter this KCWC quite as earnestly as some others, but I am glad for the little push. Perhaps if I hadn't just come off of two weeks of sewing non stop I might have produced a bit more but now there is oh so much inspiration out there in the Flickr pool! And, there are many more things I want to try out of my new books, but...

Now to put aside the kid clothes for a bit, time to focus on birthday gifts, wedding gifts, and Halloween costumes, oh my!

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Some comfy pants...

The moment I saw the picture of the Treasure Pocket Pants in the "Sewing for Boys" book I knew I wanted to make them. I love the little bubble pockets on the sides and the little bit of accent color on the side panels. So that is where I got started making something for Henry.

The coolest part about these pants, for me, was the fact that most of the material came from some old jeans that I had been saving for one project or the other...(I still have more in the wings, too, new jeans for Violet next maybe...) The upside to using old jeans is a) obviously, upcycling is way less expensive and b) the denim is super soft because it's already been worn in, doesn't it always seem like kid's denim is too stiff for those little bodies! The worst part about making these pants, for me, was the fact that I sat for two hours, literally, trying to figure out one of the beginning steps! Argh! I simply could not figure out what the directions were trying to tell me, my brain kept getting "tongue-tied"!! After a pair of fresh eyes and a break myself it was resolved, silly me. I guess I should just blame it on my lack of pattern following experience ;)

These pants are very well constructed and are rather large...yay for both! There is still plenty of room for me to rip out and add a larger piece of elastic for the waist when the time comes. The length is very long also so I just tacked up the bottoms of the pants to let down in the future. Who doesn't want handmade clothes to last as long as they possibly can, right?

A friend of mine saw these pants and joked about where she could get a pair because they look both comfy and "stylish". Really, should little kids be in anything but comfy stuff?!

I have another pair of these pants waiting to be sewn up for Henry (and a request from V for a pair too!)but they will have to wait for a bit...Henry also scored a couple of appliqued shirts, trucks and dogs, so love, love, loved by him, and an H rugby-like shirt!

(*quick change trousers, made last spring, still going strong, still plenty of room, yay!)

I did not enter this KCWC quite as earnestly as some others, but I am glad for the little push. Perhaps if I hadn't just come off of two weeks of sewing non stop I might have produced a bit more but now there is oh so much inspiration out there in the Flickr pool! And, there are many more things I want to try out of my new books, but...

Now to put aside the kid clothes for a bit, time to focus on birthday gifts, wedding gifts, and Halloween costumes, oh my!

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